The passion of the Italian or the Italian-American population is endless for food and lore and everything about it. – Mario Batali
As a teenager I had friends who had little music studios in their bedrooms and garages. I’d go and play around; very soon, my hobby became a passion. – Natasha Bedingfield
All I did from day-to-day is coach. That’s what my job was, that’s what my passion was, and the fact that now it’s something I’m being considered for is just mind-blowing to me, that I would ever be in that kind of company. – Pat Riley
The passion for doing music, the passion that I have for going out and playing it live – my love for country music is back. – Joe Nichols
I think ‘Chef’ is about somebody who’s in the middle of his life, and he’s kind of lost his passion and his voice, so he seeks out some refinement and redemption. – Jon Favreau
In how many lives does love really play a dominant part? The average taxpayer is no more capable of a ‘grand passion’ than of a grand opera. – Israel Zangwill
What I need is to express my passion for life… It’s movement I’m interested in, the life in me, the life in humanity. – Juliette Binoche
Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate. – Jon Bon Jovi
Writing is my obsession, my passion. My relationship with it is one of the most complex and agonizing and richly vexing that I have in my life. – Julianna Baggott
Nothing jazzes me up like football. I’ve acquired more passion of the years, not less. Not to love it wouldn’t make sense. – John Madden
Turns out Picasso’s passion for uncertainty, mystery, and the thrill of life never ended. – Jerry Saltz
On the subject of literary genres, I’ve always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I’d love to be the kind of person that drifts off into the garden with a slim volume of Elizabethan verse or a sheaf of haikus, but my passion is story. – J. K. Rowling
And I think because of the passion of every English player and every English supporter, and every English journalist for the game, most of the game is played with passion, love for football and instinct, but in football you also have to think. – Jose Mourinho
Love what you do. There’s always going to be someone else who’s smarter than you, but there’s no substitute for passion. People who are passionate always work the hardest, and that sets them apart. – Ivanka Trump
For millions, Roger Ebert will be remembered as a writer and television personality who brought a sense of passion and excellence to his craft. For me, he is a man who fused joy and courage as few others ever have. My life was enriched by having such a friend; it is poorer for losing such a friend. – Jeff Greenfield
If I had not passed through trial – through passion, one could say – through these years so painful and so rich, I don’t believe I could take on my life and my career as I do today. – Isabelle Adjani
A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness. – Mahatma Gandhi
But music raises a lot of issues. Music is something that matters to people a lot, and they put a lot of passion into it. And I think when you have an area like that, you’re gonna find a lot of issues coming up. – Kurt Loder
I grew up in Doncaster and have felt the love for football run through the town; it’s for that reason that I have a real personal passion to make Doncaster Rovers a success story. – Louis Tomlinson
Well, it’s still a bit uncertain, but I will do the consulting, and I’ll see how I can contribute. But I’m sure whatever I do will involve the space program. That’s where my passion is. – Leroy Chiao
My brother is about energy. SpaceX is his passion, and I love being a part of that company. Energy is where he spends a lot of his time and thinking in terms of having an impact on the world. – Kimbal Musk
I believe that curiosity, wonder and passion are defining qualities of imaginative minds and great teachers; that restlessness and discontent are vital things; and that intense experience and suffering instruct us in ways that less intense emotions can never do. – Kay Redfield Jamison
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. – Maya Angelou
